Ill-posedness in modelling 2D river morphodynamics

The set of equations used in modelling river  morphodynamics needs to be (at least) wellposed  to be representative of the real natural  phenomenon. As we deal with a time dependent  process the solution needs to be wave-like to be  well-posed. In other words, the solution must  have a domain of dependence and of...

Analysis of Sedimentation in the Guayas River at Guayaquil, Ecuador (PPT)

The Equatorian Daule and Babahoyo rivers combine into the tidal Guayas River with the largest estuary on the Pacific coast of South America. The city of Guayaquil, located along the Guayas, is the main port of Ecuador but at the same time the planet’s fourth most vulnerable city for future flooding due to climate change, after Guangzhou, Mumbai...

Analysis of Sedimentation in the Guayas River at Guayaquil, Ecuador

The Equatorian Daule and Babahoyo rivers combine into the tidal Guayas River with the largest estuary on the Pacific coast of South America. The city of Guayaquil, located along the Guayas, is the main port of Ecuador but at the same time the planet’s fourth most vulnerable city for future flooding due to climate change, after Guangzhou, Mumbai...

Modelling and parameterizing the hydro- and morphodynamics of curved open channels

Meandering rivers are interesting features of the landscape due to their aesthetically pleasing forms. There is an abundance of scientific studies on meandering rivers, however, their behaviour is still not fully understood. The complexity of the flow, bed morphodynamics and bank stability, the related uncertainties in water and sediment motion,...

Meander dynamics: A reduced-order nonlinear model without curvature restrictions for flow and bed morphology

Reduced-order models remain essential tools for meander modeling, especially for processes at large length scales and long time scales, probabilistic simulations, rapid assessments, or when input data are scarce or uncertain. Present reduced-order meander models consider their dependent variables either as small-amplitude variations compared to...

Toward nonlinear modeling of meander evolution

Nonlinear simulation of meander evolution

Evolution of meanders, a complex morpho-dynamic process, has been the focus of research challenging river engineers for decades. The study replicates the natural evolution of meandering processes by coupling the Bank Erosion and Retreat Model (BERM, by Chen and Duan) with a nonlinear flow model (by Blanckaert and de Vriend). Distinguished from...

A parameter study on bank shear stresses in curved open channel flow by means of large-eddy simulation

Meandering rivers and streams are a common planform in the world’s populated areas. Furthermore the recent increased focus on renaturalization projects has lead policy makers to also consider the partial remeandering of previously trained rivers. Economic factors such as navigation, man-made infrastructure and valuable farm land set the boundary...

Voorspelinstrument duurzame vaarweg: Reducing computation time

Case studies duurzame vaardiepte Rijndelta

Inbouw duinhoogte- en ruwheidsvoorspellers in Delft3D- 3DMOR

Voorspelinstrument duurzame vaarweg: Roosteruitbreiding met Beneden Merwede en Nieuwe Merwede